Adverse drug events in hospitalized patients : Excess length of stay, extra costs, and attributable mortality.

Objective. null —To determine the excess length of stay, extra costs, and mortality attributable to adverse drug events (ADEs) in hospitalized patients. null Design. null —Matched case-control study. null Setting. null —The LDS Hospital, a tertiary care health care institution. null Patients. null —All patients admitted to LDS Hospital from January 1, 1990, to December 31,1993, were eligible. Cases were defined as patients with ADEs that...